The Cecil Whig., 1887-10-22
ANOTHER CAMPAIGN NAILED

ANOTHER CAMPAIGN LIE NAILED.
"The county taxes of Cecil county
are lower than those of any county in
the State which is under Republican
management. .'-CcrH Democrat, Oc-
tober IS, 1857.
We beg your pardon, sir; you do
no. know what you are talking about.
In Washington county one of the
most affluent and populous counties of
this State and now under Republican
financial management, the county taxes
are only "A cents on the hundred dol
lars. Commenting on the favorable
condition of the finances of that county
under Republican control, the Herald,
most conservative newspaper pub
lished in Hagerstown says:
The tax levy fos 1887 is remarkable
achievement of Republican financial man
this year being l3 cents below last year.
During the last ten years, the county taxes
under Republican management-save in
one Democratic term-show steady re-
ductions, and finally a reduction this year
of nearly one-sixth the entire county tax.
''For this great reduction of our bur-
dens is not mere makeshitt. Though
the present Republican board found
floating debt as legacy from the Demo-
cratic administration which preceded the
Stonebraker board. today all floating
| debts have been paid of and the present
levy OF IA cents includes levy for about
| $11 900 of surplus fund for all contiD
gencies-a surplus unusually large.
"The roads and bridges are literally
cared for and have not during ten years,
been in better condition than they are
today.
cat the same time the schools have not
been forgotten in this levy. Our able
Republican board, in levying but "A
cents, have contrived to save money else
where and have appropriated for the
schools next year nearly $1,000 more
than was given to the schools ten years
| ago.
"The moral of it all is that it pays to
have a Republican board of county COM
missioners in Washington county.
at was Union Republican manage
ment which carried US through the
Bounty Fund and other war taxes.
ut was Republican board which
built the new court house with such
scrupulous economy.
1T Was Republican board which built
our splendid almshouse on the farm SO
nobly dedicated to the people by John
Ncodemus; and they did it without ad-
ding one cent to the tax levy.
To-day, it is a Republican board which
has made this magnificent sealing of the
burdens of our people, by reducing county
taxes to "A cents on the hundred dollars
Let the people take this lesson to
heart. Continue the successful Republi-
| Cdu III Jul CouhbJ OuoluCSS, anu
hope for the day when the same ability,
skill and honesty may relieve us from
the e1travagant state taxes of Demo
cratic rule in Maryland-a domination
which, in Baltimore, is now called by
eminent Democrats, "the rule of the
criminal classes
| "fNbara ic c0ncl,c,D,, To Ha
drawn from this unanswerable reply to
the reckless assertion of the Democrat
If Republican board has made this
excellent showing for Washington
county, is it unreasonable to expect an
equally excellent one in Cecil county,
under the official management of three
as good business men as Messrs. Bend,
Williams and Crothers2 We say it is
not. And we assert further, that had
it been the good fortune OF Cecil county
to have had in its commissioners office
for ten years pastth as good Repub-
licans and business men as those named,
that the taxpayers of the county would
not now be saddled with an indebted
ness of $4,000, IN addition to the
heavy tax rate imposed during those
years. We shall be happy to cite an.
other case for our contemporary the
| newt time he ipI,11uec hic i'm, u;,,+;,,a
faculty. Let him Confne himself to
positive glorifcation over the present
beatihc condition of Cecil's finances
under Democratic rule. His compara-
tive illustrations are not SO happy. The
moral of all this is, that it will pay to
have Republican board in Cecil, and
that is what we expect this fall.